Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago

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Achin Vanaik explores the ideological kinship between Hindutva and Zionism, showing how both are built on myths of being “original inhabitants,” on racial exclusivity, and on a politics of perpetual victimhood. He explains how Hindutva borrows from Zionist methods, including occupation strategies in Kashmir and right-of-return policies modeled on Israel’s. The parallels extend to growing authoritarianism, apartheid practices, and the denial of rights to minorities, linking the Palestinian struggle against genocide and apartheid with struggles in India against Islamophobia, caste oppression, and authoritarian rule. Vanaik stresses that these fights are part of a broader global struggle against racism, neoliberalism, and authoritarianism.

Read Achin Vanaik's new longread 'India, Israel, Palestine - New equations demand new solidarities': tni.org/en/article/india-israel-palestine

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